Broke
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But even if Macron did not make a clean break with his political past, he
broke
through traditional party and political-identity barriers, by reaching out to voters across the political spectrum, except for those on the extreme left and extreme right.
Indeed, many Palestinian political leaders absconded to Beirut or Cairo once violence
broke
out.
When Daimler-Chrysler increased work hours from 35 to 40 hours in its research and development center, the dam
broke
and other bargaining agreements fell into line.
For example, when the East Asian financial crisis
broke
out, there followed a systematic attempt to pin the blame on the affected countries: “crony capitalism” allegedly had somehow crippled their economies!
But on August 6, Prime Minister Narendra Modi finally
broke
his silence on the issue, warning people to beware of the fake Gau Rakshaks (protectors of cows) who are trying to create social conflict.
At a time of crisis, the Obamas are sending a powerful message, and Mrs. Obama, as the female archetype who has picked up Princess Di’s dropped baton, is instrumental in crafting it: no matter who you are, how stressed, how broke, there is, figuratively speaking, a seat in the White House with your name on it.
Trump also
broke
with expectations by criticizing Russia’s government, calling on the Kremlin to cease its destabilizing activities in Ukraine and its support for the Syrian and Iranian regimes.
As Milton Friedman later explained: “Suppose we had continued with the system of fixed exchange rates […] When the [1973] Arab-Israeli war
broke
out, and when the oil embargo came on, there would have been a major international financial crisis […] None of that happened.
Some, including me,
broke
the ultimate policy taboo and suggested that we might need to consider monetary finance of increased fiscal deficits.
The Transatlantic Continental DriftDENVER – The Earth’s continental plates
broke
apart and first began to shift hundreds of millions of years ago.
On September 10, another massive fire
broke
out in Beirut’s ruined port, deepening the angst of an already traumatized country.
Just last month, a block of ice about twice the size of Manhattan
broke
off from the largest remaining Arctic ice shelf, in Northeast Greenland, after record summer temperatures.
Yet Trump
broke
protocol by phoning her in 2016 – the first direct contact between a Taiwanese and a US president since 1979.
Before long, the United States could face a trifecta of millions of insolvent consumers, thousands of small-business failures, and many bankruptcies of large public firms, with whole industries going
broke
at the same time.
With his supporters feeling let down by the lack of progress, the president even told aides to seize private lands if necessary and that he would pardon them if they
broke
the law.
In fact, on the eve of a visit by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to Washington, the Trump administration
broke
its commitment not to take unilateral steps and announced the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
It
broke
me and our entire family to know that after decades of fighting for our lives, the youngest among us were still dying.
Trump’s defenders claim that his aggressive unilateral approach
broke
the inertia in the international trade regime and prevented other countries from diluting US power.
The astonishing outburst of jubilation that
broke
out across the US – and in countries around the world – following Trump’s defeat was a testament to how frightened people have been by his presidency.
All told, he won because he
broke
free from the confines of polarizing, retrograde ideological lines.
Bringing together Francophone, Anglophone, and Lusophone countries, the bloc
broke
through the “Berlin Wall” of colonial borders created in 1885.
Nixon also
broke
the dollar’s link with gold in 1971 and devalued the currency, ending the Bretton Woods era of monetary stability.
With its very survival in question, the country was also quite literally
broke.
But the latest election, held in the last weekend of May,
broke
the mold, capturing attention as it confounded expectations.
But there is a strain of Catholicism, rooted in Europe, that never reconciled with the French Revolution, which
broke
the temporal power of the Church and overthrew the divine right of kings on which absolute monarchy rested.
When a variety of pneumonia called SARS – severe acute respiratory syndrome –
broke
out in Southern China in November 2002, the central authorities in Beijing covered it up for months.
But it did nothing to reverse past measures, such as the 15-percentage-point tariff hike, to 25%, on $200 billion worth of exports that the Trump administration implemented after the last round of talks
broke
down in May.
Similarly, after the Baltic republics
broke
away, Gorbachev tried to restore order by force – an approach that flew in the face of his declared effort to build a more humane, open state.
When the magistrate eventually threw out the treason charges brought against Mawarire for peacefully rallying people against corruption, a street party
broke
out.
These conditions are highly reminiscent of the period leading up to the Progressive Era of reform at the turn of the twentieth century, when policymakers
broke
up monopolies, introduced new protections for natural resources, and strengthened participatory democracy.
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